Great Tang princess

Chapter 6 Old Li's Temptation

Li Yuechen asked with his eyes, and Eunuch Fu nodded to show that he was right.

Then Li Yuechen raised his leg and walked over.

When Princess Xuancheng and Princess Yiyang saw Li Yuechen approaching, they still had some doubts for a while, after all, they had never seen her before.

But seeing the respectful faces of Eunuch Fu and Liu Shanggong behind, one can probably guess her identity.

The two immediately bowed and saluted: "I have seen Her Royal Highness!"

Li Yuechen stepped forward quickly, and supported one of them with one hand: "You two sisters, please get up quickly, it doesn't have to be like this."

Princess Xuancheng hurriedly said: "Your Highness should not be like this..."

"That's the way it is, how could it be wrong?" Li Yuechen shook his head, only at this time can he take a closer look at the two sisters.

The two elder sisters looked to be in their twenties, but their faces were a bit haggard. It seemed that they did not eat very well and seemed a little malnourished.

But even so, you can still see the once beautiful face.

The beauty is beyond the skin, after all, with the genetic blessing of a beautiful old lady, she will definitely not be ugly.

No scars could be seen on their bodies, presumably there should not have been any obvious acts of violence and bullying.

Li Yuechen turned his head and said: "Liu Shanggong, I want to chat with the two sisters alone, is it convenient?"

"Here!" Liu Shanggong agreed, and turned to leave after saluting.

Then Li Yuechen said again: "Eunuch Fu, find a place where I can sit down and chat with the two elder sisters."

Eunuch Fu agreed, and led them to a room where they sat on cushions.

Xuancheng and Yiyang seemed a little nervous about the younger sister's arrival, they sat down without saying a word, looking very reserved.

Li Yuechen smiled slightly: "Two sisters, Yuechen has no other meaning in coming here this time. It's just that they are both grandpa's daughters, so they should be close."

Xuancheng and Yiyang looked at each other, nodded and said, "Here."

"I don't need to be formal while I'm waiting." Li Yuechen showed a cute smile.

She knew that these two elder sisters must have thought too much. After all, she came suddenly, maybe Wu Zetian was signaling behind her, so nervousness was inevitable.

"Other things, Yuechen doesn't understand. It's just that I accidentally learned that there are two sisters here today, so I came to visit."

Seeing Li Yuechen's sincere eyes, Xuancheng and Yiyang nodded silently, expressing that they understood what she meant.

Li Yuechen smiled, and then chatted with them with a relaxed look.

She didn't ask questions as soon as she came up, she just chatted with them about how they were doing here.

After all, she is only a three-year-old girl, she can mature a bit, but not too much.

About a quarter of an hour later, Li Yuechen said: "Yuechen is also very happy knowing that I still have two older sisters, and will come to visit often in the future!"

Then she stretched out her small hand, grabbed Princess Xuancheng's calloused right hand, and put two strings of copper coins in it.

"Yuechen knows that there are a lot of troubles here, I hope the two sisters will take care of themselves."

"This won't work, this..." Xuancheng didn't seem to expect that she would give him money suddenly, and instinctively wanted to refuse.

"Sister, you don't need to say much," Li Yuechen grasped her hand with his own two small hands, with a smile on his face, "We are sisters, blood is thicker than water!"

Xuancheng was a little dazed, as if he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Li Yuechen didn't say much, and told Eunuch Fu to prepare to leave.

Walking out of the door of the room, Liu Shanggong came to see him off.

Li Yuechen, who didn't take two steps, raised his head and said: "I hope Liu Shanggong can take care of the two elder sisters in the future. Yuechen is very grateful."

"Your Highness has killed your servants." Liu Shanggong hurriedly saluted, "Your Highness has ordered, and your servants will definitely obey!"

Li Yuechen nodded, without saying anything, turned and left with Eunuch Fu.

Next, as long as my old lady Wu Zetian doesn't speak, this Liu Shanggong should obey his orders.

After all, the princess is a princess, as long as she is still favored, then for these servants, what she says is the highest order.

Stepping on snowflakes to leave Yeting Palace, Li Yuechen walked back without saying a word. Next, let's see how the follow-up reaction will be.

Part of the reason for coming here today is because, as an orphan, I really can't bear to watch my two sisters suffer here.

But there is another biggest reason, which is to test Li Zhi and Wu Zetian.

Through this matter, I can test my status in their hearts, and I can test how their attitude towards myself will change in the future.

In this era, the sky is big and the earth is big, and the emperor is the biggest!
Only when you know how important your position is in the hearts of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, can you understand what can and cannot be done in the future.

This speed must not be surpassed, otherwise, it will be lost forever!
In winter, breathing becomes particularly obvious. Li Yuechen walked in the silver-clad Daming Palace, thinking about his future in his small body.

When you come to this world, the first thing you think about is naturally to survive.

When life was guaranteed, Li Yuechen couldn't help thinking, why did he come to this era?

Li Yuechen's current idea is not to change history, but to witness history as a bystander.

But... Li Yuechen stopped, turned his head and looked back at the Yeting Palace wrapped in snowflakes behind him.

From the moment I came here to visit the two sisters, the butterfly effect should have already occurred, right?
…………

The bright crescent moon hangs high in the sky, and the candles in the palace dance from time to time.

Wu Zetian put down the memorial in his hand, closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose, hoping to relieve the fatigue from the day.

Li Zhi next to him seemed to be sleepy, but he still poured a cup of warm tea for her: "Meiniang, it's getting late, it's time to rest."

"Yes." Wu Zetian nodded in agreement, and then stretched out his hand to help him sit beside her, "Your Majesty is not feeling well, it's better to let them do these things."

"No problem." Li Zhi smiled and held her hand, "It's good to exercise occasionally."

At this time, Zhang Chengxin, the chief manager, came in: "Sage, empress, Xiaofu asks to see you."

"Call him in."

"Here."

Xiaofu entered the hall, before he had time to salute, Wu Zetian interrupted him: "Excuse me, where is Chen'er?"

"Report to Madam, His Highness is already asleep." Xiaofu replied.

Li Zhi asked casually: "How is Chen'er doing recently?"

"Back to the saint, Your Highness studies hard every day and is extremely self-disciplined." Having said this, he suddenly showed a tangled expression, "It's just that, today, His Highness saw the records about the two princesses of Xuancheng and Yiyang, and went to Yeting Palace to visit her. .”

It's not that he wants to make a small report, but that it's impossible not to talk about it.

"Ok?"

Hearing this sentence, Wu Zetian immediately frowned and raised his head: "Tell me in detail!"

The queen is the queen, and when she frowned like this, an aura of calmness and prestige erupted from her body instantly.

Xiaofu hurriedly described what happened today in detail, not daring to omit or add anything.

After hearing what he said, Wu Zetian waved his hand to make him retreat first, then turned his head and asked, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Of course, Wu Zetian didn't like these two princesses, but Concubine Xiao Shu was already dead, so it was difficult to express any opinion on her two daughters.

So he kicked the ball directly to Li Zhi, wanting to hear his opinion.

"Blood is thicker than water... well said!" Li Zhi said with emotion, "No matter how you say it, she is also my daughter!"

Wu Zetian didn't speak. She knew Li Zhi well.

In fact, at the beginning, what Li Zhi hated at the beginning was not Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu herself, but the aristocratic family behind them!
It's just that Queen Wang put her nose on the face, relying on her family's strength, and joined hands with Changsun Wuji to control the court, and her attitude was extremely arrogant.

Not only did they promote their family members and uncles, but they never saluted when they entered the palace, and they didn't take Li Zhi, the emperor, seriously at all!

It can be said that Queen Wang's only goal is to have a son, and with the power of her family as a guarantee, as long as she can give birth to a son, it will definitely be a prince!

Then you can eat and wait for death, and wait for Li Zhi to die.

……

Although Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu are dead now, thinking about it now, Li Zhi still gets angry.

But then again, the two daughters were imprisoned in Yeting Palace simply because they were implicated by Concubine Xiao Shu, and Li Zhi also wanted to give Wu Zetian an explanation.

Of course Wu Zetian knew this too, but he didn't expect his daughter to visit them today.

And judging from Eunuch Fu's report, he didn't have any other purpose, he just wanted to play with his sister.

Because Li Yuechen has always been kind and filial from birth to now, which did not make her doubt.

Thinking of this, she smiled lightly: "Chen'er is kind, benevolent and filial, this is a good thing."

Li Zhi turned his head, his eyes seemed a little surprised.

Seeing his appearance, Wu Zetian gently rubbed the back of his hand: "I know that Your Majesty cares about my feelings, but Chen'er is right. Blood is thicker than water, no matter what, she is also His Majesty's daughter, the princess of the Tang Dynasty! or……"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Zhi raising his hand: "No, let's wait for Chen'er to talk about this matter in person, Mei Niang, you can't remind her!"

Even though they have been husband and wife for so many years, the relationship between the two has not diminished in the slightest.

Embarrassed by Li Zhi's guilt, Wu Zetian wanted to offer to release Xuancheng and Yiyang.

Li Zhi also worried that Wu Zetian would accompany him to the present step by step, so he decided to wait for Li Yuechen to come to intercede in person before pushing the boat out.

The tacit understanding between the two has long been close, and suddenly they looked at each other and smiled, as if everything was unspoken.

Wu Zetian supported Li Zhi's arm, and the two stood up together: "It's getting late, let's rest."

"Yeah." Li Zhi nodded with a smile, put his arms around her shoulders, and the two walked side by side to the apse.

……

The next day, Li Zhi called Eunuch Fu, rewarded him with some money, and asked the palace maid to bring out a plate of silver money on a tray alone.

"You take this. If Chen'er wants to do something, give it to her. But don't say it's my order!"

"Here!"

Eunuch Fu agreed, and after exiting the hall, he almost couldn't help jumping up happily.

Now the emperor's attitude is very obvious, as long as he can continue to follow the princess, he will naturally follow the chicken and dog to ascend to heaven.

After returning, he saw that Li Yuechen had already woken up, and after washing, he was sitting in front of the bronze mirror and asked Xiao He to comb his hair.

I have to say that in this era, especially the hairstyles of royal princesses are really troublesome.

Li Yuechen couldn't do it by himself, so he had to ask Xiao He to help, and he had to fiddle with it for more than ten minutes every day.

This is also because I am young and my hair is not very long.

My wife, Wu Zetian, had to spend half an hour every day just on hairstyle, which was very troublesome.

Xiao He, who was helping Li Yuechen with his haircut, saw the smiling expression on Eunuch Fu's face, so he knew that yesterday's affairs were stable, and he immediately felt better.

…………

Time passed day by day, and soon came the end of the first year of Zongzhang, December.

Goguryeo was destroyed, and the army returned to the court. Li Zhi, who received the news, wanted to greet him personally.

On the fifth day of December, Li Yuechen was woken up early by Xiao He, because yesterday Li Zhi promised her that she could secretly watch the army's return ceremony in Hanyuan Hall.

This time, Li Ji, who is called the god of war by later generations, is in charge of leading the team, and his deputy is his future master Liu Rengui.

When the sun rose from the sky and gradually illuminated the sky, Li Yuechen also took Fu Gonggong to climb up the Xiangluan Pavilion on the side of Hanyuan Hall early.

She squatted down and let her eyes look down through the gap between the railings.

A team of hundreds of people entered the tall Danfeng Gate in the middle of Daming Palace, and walked in in an orderly manner.

The three people in the front rode tall horses and moved slowly towards the palace at a constant speed.

Li Yuechen knew that this must be Li Zhi's order. In normal times, anyone who dared to ride a horse into the palace would be hacked to death.

There is a huge square with a length of nearly 700 meters between Hanyuan Hall and Danfeng Gate, which makes the crowds walking in it much smaller.

According to their speed, it will take about 5 minutes to cross the square.

The ground of Hanyuan Hall is nearly 15 meters higher than the square below, and it sits on a triple platform.

Standing on the square and looking up here, the huge palace seems to be floating in the air, and you can feel the supremacy of imperial power!
The three people at the front of the team came to the bottom of the palace, jumped off their horses, tidied up their clothes, and then raised their legs and stepped onto the wide Longwei Road.

When you come to the entrance of the main hall, there will be special Jinwu guards who will be responsible for checking each one to see if there are any contraband such as weapons.

Li Yuechen also came down from the Xiangluan Pavilion, entered the main hall from the back door, and came behind the screen of the side passage, and waited for a while for them to enter the main hall to observe from a close distance.

In the main hall at this time, Li Zhi, Wu Zetian and other ministers had gathered together and waited.

Today's Li Zhi is not wearing the usual round-neck dragon robe, but a very grand crown.

The top is black, the bottom is bright red, and the clothes and hem are embroidered with dragon, phoenix, mountain, fire and other patterns with gold silk.

The usual round-neck gowns have narrow sleeves, but the sleeves of this Dunmian are so long that they can reach the knees.

The crown on the head is hung with twelve gold-plated belts and jade beads of different colors hanging down, which is extremely gorgeous.

(End of this chapter)